Underground Vampire Clans

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Posted 24 June 2004 - 02:16 PM

Does anyone here have any opinions or know anything about the dozens of vampire clans that pop up in large cities across America?

I did a little looking into them one year, being that I live in New Orleans and that the vampire trend is rather popular down here.
I learned a lot about the clans and groups themselves, but never got any solid information on how authentic they are.

Many people say that a vampire is simply a person that craves the blood of other people. These people get a sexual rush off of drinking blood or having blood taken. A piqualist is a fetishist that is aroused by blood letting and consumption. However, simply getting off on blood doesn't make someone a vampire anymore then having a foot fetish makes you a pediatist.

Other vampire groups seemed to be based around the White Wolf vampire role-playing game. They will form clans and houses based on those in the game and even war with eachother if the game states the clans are enemies.

Then there are the people that actually do believe they are real traditional vampires that live and thrive off of the blood or life force (psychic vampires) of human beings.

I haven't been able to document solid proof that anyone out there is a supernatural vampire, but it is a subject that I like, so I'll continue to chase it.

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if ya cant proove it doesn't it mean it don't exixt. not being a vampire freak fan here i don't know whaht to say. we have some under ground vampire cults here in seattle i know fo though. my fianceee knows more though.

My husband has a friend who claims to be a member of a vampire house... the House of Boone, I think is what he called it, which hails from Minnesota. I've talked to him on occassion about it, and pretty much see it as an exclusive family-based club of people who drink blood. Wether or not they believe they live forever or are granted special powers is really insignificant after that point. You get to the basics, and they just want to feel special, like they belong, like ANY person who is a member of a club or group or church or coven.

I don't believe in the supernatural vampires, so I just kind of shrug it off when I read or speak with someone who claims to be one. Don't get me wrong, I listen and ask questions, but I don't believe it without some sort of proof to back up their claims of power and 500 year history, for instance.

The Houses serve a purpose, however, so long as the members can live productive lives OUTSIDE of this group activity and be a contributing member of society.

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go to the general board. in there, there is an entire board dedicated to my story. its called "vampires anyone?" if you wanna check it out. i've got pieces of the story in it.

A long, long time agoI can still rememberHow that music used to make me smileAnd I knew if I had my chanceThat I could make those people danceAnd maybe they'd be happy for a whileAmerican Pie, Don McLean~ carpe diem, seize the day, make your lives extraordinary.-dead poet's society i eat emo kids for breakfast. with french fried hash browns.

Other vampire groups seemed to be based around the White Wolf vampire role-playing game. They will form clans and houses based on those in the game and even war with eachother if the game states the clans are enemies.

Ummm....see....what you described is actually LARP. Live Action Role Playing. It's just a game. These folks don't actually believe that they are vampires.

I think that drinking someone else’s blood is gross. We have to many viruses out here to take that chance. I personally would never do that and the people who do it now should really consider making sure that the person has been thoroughly checked. They could regret it later.

I think that vampires exist...in a way. Many cultures have legends/myths about demons/spirits that feed off the blood of humans. This is actually where the original myth of the reanimated corpse comes from in Eastern Europe.

I don't think that the ones in movies exists. Maybe in past lives when it was nothing but magic and explained theory. Other then that as far as the vampires today I bet they don't turn to dust in the light.